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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the roads begin climbing into the Black Mountains as the Okies traveled west?
(a) Anderson, Arizona.
(b) Kingman, Arizona.
(c) Whitney, California.
(d) Santa Fe, New Mexico.

2. What often raced before the dust storms, warning the Okies they were on their way?
(a) Birds and horses.
(b) Horses.
(c) Coyotes and rabbits.
(d) Rabbits and birds.

3. What city was the Dust Bowl centered near?
(a) Goodwell, OK.
(b) Hooker, OK.
(c) Tuscon, OK.
(d) Beaver, OK.

4. What half of Kansas was a part of the Dust Bowl?
(a) Northern.
(b) Western.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

5. In the flatlands of the Panhandle, people could see the dust storms coming from up to how far away?
(a) 30 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 20 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Okies identified with by stereotype?

2. Where were Okies allowed to sit in movie theaters during their discrimination in California?

3. What half of Colorado was a part of the Dust Bowl?

4. Who was President of the United States from 1933 to 1945?

5. The average migrant farmhand during the Dust Bowl period worked how many hours a day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made things worse for the Okie farmers in 1931?

2. What stereotypes were the Okies identified by? What happened to Okies who tried to defend themselves?

3. What did the Federal Government do to help the Okies? When?

4. How did the Okies travel west? What was their principle means of transportation?

5. What did the Oklahoma Panhandle look like by 1936? What change took place at that time?

6. How were the Okies living in the federal camps treated by the community? Why?

7. Where did the Okie families camp on their journey west? What food did they eat?

8. What were the Okies' impressions of Tehachapi Grade? What was the view looking down?

9. Where was the geographical region known as the Dust Bowl? What did the dust do to the farms?

10. How did the Okies make money while they were traveling west?

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